Random Cat Facts

Some random, frequently updated cat facts:

• When well treated, a cat can live twenty or more years but the average life span of a domestic cat is 14 years.
• Both humans and cats have identical regions in the brain responsible for emotion.
• A cats field of vision is about 185 degrees.
• Cats are the most popular pet in the United States: There are 88 million pet cats and 74 million dogs.
• Cheetahs communicate by purring and meowing like housecats, they cannot roar like big cats (e.g. lions).
• In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.
• Cat families usually play best in even numbers. Cats and kittens should be aquired in pairs whenever possible.
• The catnip plant contains an oil called hepetalactone which does for cats what marijuana does to some people. Not all cats react to it those that do appear to enter a trancelike state. A positive reaction takes the form of the cat sniffing the catnip, then licking, biting, chewing it, rub & rolling on it repeatedly, purring, meowing & even leaping in the air.
• Cats can not taste sweets.
• Julius Ceasar, Henri II, Charles XI, and Napoleon were all afraid of cats.

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